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Baroness Grey- Thomson had to crawl up to her flatGareth Cattermole/Getty Images For Laureus

Ashling O’ConnorSports News Correspondent

Last updated at 12:01AM, March 28 2013

Baroness Grey-Thompson spoke last night of her frustration after she was
reduced to crawling up a dozen flights of stairs dragging her wheelchair
behind her after the lift broke down in her apartment building.

It had been a stressful 24 hours for Britain’s most successful Paralympian,
known to millions as Tanni.

Yesterday the crossbench peer, who was born with spina bifida, defeated the
Government in the House of Lords over its plans to limit the ways disabled
people can apply for benefits after her motion was passed by 163 votes to
148.